Museums in London

London has a range of the most important museums in the world. This is also the city in the world that has the largest number of galleries and art museums per capita. Museums are found in all areas: art, science, history, recreation, etc. Here are a few examples among the best known: the British Museum (history and human culture museum), the National Gallery (art museum), Tate Modern (Museum of Contemporary Art), Victoria and Albert Museum (museum of British history), the Natural History Museum.

Name

District/ward
Borough
Region
Type
Summary

2 Willow Road

Hampstead
Camden
North
Historic house
Operated by the National Trust, modernist terrace house designed by Ernő Goldfinger, features a significant collection of 20th century art

7 Hammersmith Terrace

Hammersmith
Hammersmith and Fulham
West
Historic house
Former home of Emery Walker, friend and mentor to William Morris, house features Arts and Crafts style interior

18 Stafford Terrace

Holland Park
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Historic house
Also known as Linley Sambourne House, home of the Victorian Punch cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne, features much of his work

491 Gallery

Leytonstone
Waltham Forest
North East
Art
Art and social centre

575 Wandsworth Road

Clapham
Lambeth
South
Historic house
Operated by the National Trust, 18th century terrace house with interiors designed by Kenyan poet and civil servant Khadambi Asalache

Age Exchange Reminiscence Centre

Blackheath
Greenwich
South East
History
20th century everyday artefacts and memorabilia, includes 1930s shop, clothing, wartime memorabilia^[4]

Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum

Paddington
Westminster
North
Medical
Located at St Mary’s Hospital, London, site and history of Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin, 1928 period laboratory

All Hallows-by-the-Tower Crypt Museum

Tower
City of London
North East
Religious
Saxon-period Anglican church, museum of church’s history, including Roman and Saxon artefacts, historic religious artefacts

Anaesthesia Heritage Centre

Fitzrovia
Westminster
North
Medical
History of anaesthesia and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland

Apsley House

Hyde Park Corner
Westminster
North
Historic house
Operated by English Heritage, also known as Wellington Museum, home of The Duke of Wellington, significant collections of paintings, porcelain, sculpture and furniture

Arsenal Football Club Museum

Holloway
Islington
North
Sports
History and memorabilia of the Arsenal F.C.

artsdepot

Finchley
Barnet
North
Art
Arts centre with exhibit gallery

Baden-Powell House Exhibition

South Kensington
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Biographical
History of Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting

Bank of England Museum

City of London
City of London
North East
Numismatic
History of the Bank and its activities, banknotes and coins, books and documents, pictures, furniture, statues, silver

Bankside Gallery

Bankside
Southwark
South East
Art
Educational charity, home to the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers

Banqueting House, Whitehall

Whitehall
Westminster
North
Historic house
17th century ornate building used for entertaining, designed by Inigo Jones, only remaining component of the Palace of Whitehall

Barbican Centre

Barbican Estate
City of London
North East
Art
Arts centre and gallery

Barnet Museum

Barnet
Barnet
North
Local
Local history, costumes, domestic items, lace

Battle of Britain Bunker

Uxbridge
Hillingdon
West
History
Museum and restored underground operations room at formerly used by No. 11 Group Fighter Command during World War II

Battle of Britain Museum

Stanmore
Harrow
West
History
Museum in former officers’ mess at former RAF base at Bentley Priory, used by the RAF Fighter Command and Royal Observer Corps during World War II

Benjamin Franklin House

Westminster
North
Historic house
18th-century house where Benjamin Franklin lived for 16 years, exhibits on his life, science activities

Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art

St John’s Wood
Westminster
North
Art
Jewish art

Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and Museum

Beckenham
Bromley
South East
Medical
Art by patients and historic artefacts

Boston Manor House

Boston Manor
Hounslow
West
Historic house
17th century Jacobean manor house

Brent Museum

Willesden
Brent
West
Local
Located in the Willesden Green Library Centre, local history and culture, formerly the “Grange Museum of Community History”^[5]

British Airways Heritage Centre

Hatton
Hounslow
West
Aviation
History and memorabilia of British Airways, including uniforms, aircraft models and pictures, posters and photographs^[6]

British Dental Association Museum

Westminster
North
Medical
History of dental care in the United Kingdom

British Library

St Pancras
Camden
North
Library
Changing exhibits of art, history and culture from its collections

British Museum

Bloomsbury
Camden
North
Multiple
Art, decorative arts, archaeology, antiquities from Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece and the Middle East, coins, galleries on Africa, North America, Mexico, Asia

British Music Experience

Greenwich
Greenwich
South East
Music
History of the British music industry since 1944, located in the O2 Bubble

British Optical Association Museum

Charing Cross
Westminster
North
Medical
History of eye care

British Postal Museum and Archive

Clerkenwell
Islington
North
Philatelic
Postal communications history, stamps, letters, artefacts

British Red Cross Museum and Archives

Moorgate
City of London
North East
Medical
History and memorabilia of the British Red Cross, open by appointment only

Bromley Museum

Orpington
Bromley
South East
Local
Local history and culture

Bruce Castle Museum

Tottenham
Haringey
North
Local
Local history, culture

Brunei Gallery

Bloomsbury
Camden
North
Art
Part of the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London, historic and contemporary works from and about Africa and Asia, including photography and culture

Brunel Museum

Rotherhithe
Southwark
South East
Technology
History of the construction of the Thames Tunnel and its designers, Sir Marc Isambard Brunel

Buckingham Palace

Westminster
North
Historic house
Official London residence of the British monarch, public tours of the state rooms, includes Queen’s Gallery and Royal Mews

Building Centre

Bloomsbury
Camden
North
Design
Exhibits on architecture and design^[8]

Burgh House & Hampstead Museum

Hampstead
Camden
North
Local
Local history, culture, art exhibits

Calvert 22

Shoreditch
Hackney
North
Art
Russian and East European contemporary art^[9]

Canada House Gallery

Trafalgar Square
Westminster
North
Art
Canadian historical and contemporary art and artefacts

Carlyle’s House

Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Historic house
Operated by the National Trust, Victorian period townhouse home of historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle

Cartoon Museum

Bloomsbury
Camden
North
Art
Political cartoons, comic strips and comic books

Centre for Recent Drawing

Tower Hamlets
North East
Art
Contemporary drawings

Charles Dickens Museum

Holborn
Camden
North
Historic house
Mid-19th century period house with original papers, furniture and items relating to author Charles Dickens

Chartered Insurance Institute Museum

City of London
North East
Firefighting

Chelsea Physic Garden

Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Medical
Botanical garden with displays on medicinal uses of plants

Chiswick House

Chiswick
Hounslow
West
Historic house
18th century neo-Palladian villa with large collection of art and furniture, gardens

Churchill War Rooms

Whitehall
Westminster
North
Multiple
Includes the World War II-era underground Cabinet War Rooms and the Churchill Museum with exhibits about the life of British statesman Winston Churchill

Cinema Museum

Lambeth
Lambeth
South West
Media
History and artefacts of film making

Clarence House

Pall Mall
Westminster
North
Historic house
Official residence of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall

Clink Prison Museum

Southwark
Southwark
South East
Prison
Site and history of the notorious prison in use from the 12th century to 1780

Clockmakers’ Museum

Bassishaw
City of London
North East
Horology
Clocks, watches and other horological items, located in the Guildhall

Couper Collection

Battersea
Wandsworth
South West
Art
Floating art museum on barges

Courtauld Gallery

Strand
Westminster
North
Art
Part of the University of London, located in Somerset House, features Old Masters and Impressionist paintings

Crime Museum

Westminster
North
Law enforcement
History, artefacts and crime memorabilia of Scotland Yard, not open to the public

Crofton Roman Villa

Orpington
Bromley
South East
Archaeology
Remains of a Roman villa

Crossness Pumping Station

Crossness
Bexley
South East
Technology
Victorian sewage pumping station with preserved steam engines

Crystal Palace Museum

Crystal Palace
Bromley
South East
History
History and memorabilia of The Crystal Palace^[10]

Cubitt Gallery

Finsbury
Islington
North
Art

Cuming Museum

Walworth
Southwark
South East
Local
Local history, culture; small collection of Ancient Egyptian objects. Closed since March 2013 due to fire damage.

Cutty Sark Museum

Greenwich
Greenwich
South East
Maritime
Mid-19th century clipper, museum ship currently under restoration

Danson House

Danson Park
Bexley
South East
Historic house
18th century Georgian house

De Morgan Centre

Wandsworth
Wandsworth
South West
Art
Late 19th and early 20th century ceramics by William De Morgan, and paintings by his wife, the painter Evelyn De Morgan, reopened to the public on Thursday 15 September 2011

Dennis Severs’ House

Spitalfields
Tower Hamlets
North East
Living
Enactments of life in the 18th and 19th centuries

Design Museum

Shad Thames
Southwark
South East
Design
Product, industrial, graphic, fashion and architectural design

Dr Johnson’s House

City of London
City of London
North East
Historic house
18th-century townhouse home of 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson

Dorich House

Kingston Vale
Kingston upon Thames
South West
Art
Former studio of the Estonian sculptor Dora Gordine, with a collection of her works and of Russian Imperial art. Part of Kingston University.^[11]

Down House

Downe
Bromley
South East
Historic house
Operated by English Heritage, home of naturalist Charles Darwin where he wrote “On the Origin of Species”

Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich
Southwark
South East
Art
Collection of European Old Masters, mostly of the 17th and 18th centuries

Eastbury Manor House

Barking
Barking and Dagenham
North East
Historic house
Owned by the National Trust, 16th century Tudor gentry house, local history displays

Eltham Palace

Eltham
Greenwich
South East
Historic house
Operated by English Heritage, 1930s Art Deco house with medieval Great Hall

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art

Canonbury
Islington
North
Art
Modern Italian art

Fan Museum

Greenwich
Greenwich
South East
Fashion
Art and craft of the fan

Fashion and Textile Museum

Bermondsey
Southwark
South East
Fashion
Fashions, textiles and jewellery, both historic and contemporary

Fenton House

Hampstead
Camden
North
Historic house
Operated by the National Trust, 17th century merchant’s house, features collections of early keyboard instruments, paintings, porcelain, needlework pictures and Georgian furniture

Firepower: The Royal Artillery Museum

Woolwich
Greenwich
South East
Military
History and artefacts of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and the Royal Arsenal, collections of historic and modern weapons

Florence Nightingale Museum

Lambeth
Lambeth
South West
Medical
Life and nursing work of Florence Nightingale

Forty Hall Museum

Forty Hill
Enfield
North
Multiple
Local history, 17th and 18th century ceramics and pottery, 19th and 20th century china, glassware

Foundling Museum

Bloomsbury
Camden
North
Multiple
History of the Foundling Hospital, Britain’s first home for abandoned children, art by many of Britain’s most prominent 18th-century artists, 18th-century period rooms, room on composer George Frideric Handel and his connection to the hospital

Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum

North Finchley
Barnet
North
Cultural
Collection of material relating to the history of Belarus

Freud Museum

Hampstead
Camden
North
Historic house
Home of Dr. Sigmund Freud, features his study, exhibits on his life and works, collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts, contemporary art and Freud-themed exhibitions

Fulham Palace

Fulham
Hammersmith and Fulham
West
Historic house
Medieval former residence of the Bishop of London, also art gallery

Fusiliers Museum

Tower Hill
Tower Hamlets
North East
Military
History of the Royal Fusiliers, uniforms, regalia, medals, weapons and memorabilia, located at the Tower of London

Galton Collection

Bloomsbury
Camden
North
Medical
Part of the University College London, open by appointment only, scientific instruments, papers, and personal memorabilia of Sir Francis Galton

Garden Museum

Lambeth
Lambeth
South West
Gardening
Tools and artefacts related to ornamental gardening

Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare

Hampton
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Biographical
18th century folly built by actor David Garrick to celebrate the genius of William Shakespeare, includes display on Garrick’s life and acting career

Geffrye Museum

Shoreditch
Hackney
North
Art and historic house
Changing style of the English domestic interior in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day. Also historic alms house.

Golden Hind

Bankside
Southwark
South East
Maritime
Replica museum ship of the 16th century galleon used by Sir Francis Drake

Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy

Bloomsbury
Camden
North
Natural history
Part of the University College London, skeletons, taxidermy, entomology and specimens preserved in fluid.

Greenwich Heritage Centre

Woolwich
Greenwich
South East
Local
Local history, culture, Royal Arsenal and the Royal Woolwich Dockyard

Greenwich Visitor Centre

Greenwich
Greenwich
South East
History
Also known as Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre, history of the World Heritage Site, its builders and buildings, maritime heritage, local history

The Guardian and Observer Archive and Visitor Centre

Kings Cross
Islington
North
Media
Exhibitions from its collections

Guards Museum

Westminster
North
Military
History, artefacts and memorabilia of the five regiments of Foot Guards: the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, and Welsh Guards

Guildhall Art Gallery

Bassishaw
City of London
North East
Art
Located in the Guildhall, collection includes art and cultural artefacts about London, Victorian-era works, remains of a Roman amphitheatre in the basement

Gunnersbury Park Museum

Acton
Hounslow
West
Local
Local history of Hounslow and Ealing boroughs, archaeology, costume, fine art, ceramics, also Edwardian era kitchen rooms

Hackney Museum

Hackney
Hackney
North
Local
Local history and culture

Hall Place

Crayford
Bexley
South East
Historic house
16th & 17th century former stately home, exhibits from the Bexley Museum’s collections including art, social history, natural history, geology, archaeology, Ancient Egypt, costumes, furniture

Ham House

Ham
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Historic house
Operated by the National Trust, 17th century grand house, fine interiors and historic gardens, collections of textiles and furniture

Hampton Court Palace

Hampton
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Historic house
Former royal palace, King Henry VIII exhibition, Tudor kitchen, Tudor-period living history programs, gardens, maze

Handel House Museum

Mayfair
Westminster
North
Historic house
18th century period townhouse, home of baroque composer George Frideric Handel

Harrow Museum

Headstone
Harrow
West
Local
Local history, industry, archaeology

Hayward Gallery

Southbank
Lambeth
South West
Art
Part of the Southbank Centre, contemporary art

HMS Belfast

Southwark
Southwark
South East
Maritime
Operated by the Imperial War Museum, originally a Royal Navy light cruiser and served during the Second World War and Korean War

Hogarth’s House

Chiswick
Hounslow
West
Historic house
Home of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth

Honeywood Museum

Carshalton
Sutton
South West
Local
17th-century house with details from different eras of ownership, local history exhibits

Honourable Artillery Company Museum

Finsbury
Islington
North
Military
Regimental artefacts and memorabilia

Horniman Museum

Forest Hill
Lewisham
South East
Multiple
Musical instruments, art, natural history, anthropology, African arts and culture, aquarium, gardens

Household Cavalry Museum

Horse Guards Parade
Westminster
North
Military
Regimental artefacts and memorabilia of the Household Cavalry

House Mill

Bromley-by-Bow
Newham
North East
Mill
18th-19th century tidal mill

Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons

Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Westminster
North
Medical
Hunterian Collection of preserved anatomical specimens, history, artefacts and developments in surgery

ICANDO

Victoria
Westminster
North
Scouting
Formerly the Girl Guide Heritage Centre, exhibits and activities about Girl Guides^[13]

Imperial War Museum London

Southwark
Southwark
South East
Military
Warfare in the 20th and 21st centuries

Inns of Court & City Yeomanry Museum

Lincoln’s Inn
Camden
North
Military
Regimental history and artefacts of the Inns of Court and City Yeomanry

Institute of Archaeology Collections

Bloomsbury
Camden
North
Archaeology
Part of the University College London, open by appointment only, prehistoric ceramics and stone artefacts, Classical Greek and Roman ceramics

Institute of Contemporary Arts

The Mall
Westminster
North
Art
Multi-disciplinary arts centre with exhibit galleries

Island History Trust

Isle of Dogs
Tower Hamlets
North East
Local
Local history

Islington Museum

Finsbury
Islington
North
Local
Local history

Jewel Tower

Westminster
Westminster
North
History
Operated by English Heritage, one of only two surviving sections of the medieval royal Palace of Westminster, includes an exhibition on the history of Parliament and the building

Jewish Military Museum

Hendon
Barnet
North
Military
Jewish military contributions in Britain

Jewish Museum London

Camden Town
Camden
North
Ethnic
Jewish culture, heritage and traditions in Britain, ceremonial art collection

Keats House

Hampstead
Camden
North
Historic house
Early 19th century home of Romantic poet John Keats

Kelmscott House Museum

Hammersmith
Hammersmith and Fulham
West
Art
London home of William Morris, exhibits of his designs

Kennel Club Art Gallery

Westminster
North
Art
Exhibits and collection of dog paintings, open by appointment

Kensington Palace

Kensington Gardens
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Historic house
Royal residence

Kenwood House

Hampstead
Camden
North
Historic house
Operated by English Heritage, 17th century former stately home, interiors by Robert Adam, features collection of Old Master paintings

Kew Palace

Kew
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Historic house
Former royal palace located within the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Kew Transport Museum

Richmond
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Transportation
Unique, specialised, and “generally out-of-the-ordinary” vehicles from the British Isles^[14]

Kingston Museum

Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames
South West
Local
Local history, Eadweard Muybridge gallery of photographs, exhibits of art, photography, culture

Kirkaldy Testing Museum

Southwark
Southwark
South East
Technology
Materials testing machines used by engineer David Kirkaldy

L-13 Light Industrial Workshop

Clerkenwell
Islington
North
Art
Contemporary art space

Lambeth Palace Library

Lambeth
Lambeth
South West
Library
Exhibits from its collections of art, architecture, history

Landmark Arts Centre

Teddington
Richmond
West
Art
Arts centre with visual art gallery^[15]

Leighton House Museum

Holland Park
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Art
Victorian house of painter Frederic, Lord Leighton, features paintings, sculpture, Middle Eastern tiles

Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Holborn
Camden
North
Masonic
Library, artefacts and regalia of Freemasonry

Little Holland House

Carshalton
Sutton
South West
Historic house
Arts and Crafts home of the artist Frank Dickinson (1874–1961) with interior influenced by John Ruskin and William Morris

London Canal Museum

Kings Cross
Islington
North
Transportation
History of London’s canals

London Film Museum

Lambeth
Lambeth
South West
Media
Props, costumes, sets and artefacts from British films, history of moviemaking

London Fire Brigade Museum

Southwark
Southwark
South East
Firefighting
Open by appointment only, history of the London Fire Brigade, equipment, apparatus

London Motor Museum

Hayes
Hillingdon
West
Transport
Includes classic cars from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s

London Motorcycle Museum

Greenford
Ealing
West
Transportation
Over 150 classic and British motorcycles

London Museum of Water & Steam

Brentford
Hounslow
West
Technology
Water supply technology and a collection of water pumping steam engines, also operating narrow gauge railway; formerly the Kew Bridge Steam Museum

London Sewing Machine Museum

Wimbledon
Merton
South West
Technology
Collection of sewing machines

London Transport Museum

Covent Garden
Westminster
North
Transportation
Public transportation including the railway, underground, buses, memorabilia

Magic Circle Museum

Camden
North
Magic
Magic tricks, props, posters, artefacts, open by appointment

Mansion House

City of London
City of London
North East
Historic house
Guided tours of the public rooms of the official residence of the Lord Mayor of the City of London, includes city regalia, 17th Century Dutch and Flemish paintings, gold and silver plate collections

Marble Hill House

Richmond
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Historic house
Operated by English Heritage, 18th century Palladian villa with Georgian interior

Markfield Beam Engine and Museum

Tottenham
Haringey
North
Technology
Victorian 100 horsepower beam pumping engine

MCC Museum

St John’s Wood
Westminster
North
Sports
History and memorabilia of cricketing, located at Lord’s Cricket Ground

Mall Galleries

Trafalgar Square
Westminster
North
Art
Gallery exhibits of the Federation of British Artists

Merton Heritage Centre

Morden
Merton
South West
Local
Local history

Michael Faraday Museum

Mayfair
Westminster
North
Science
Located at the Royal Institution, reconstruction of scientist Michael Faraday’s 19th century laboratory

MOCA, London

Peckham Rye
Southwark
South East
Contemporary Art
Museum dedicated to Contemporary Art of varied media. Curated by Michael Petry

Morley Gallery

South Bank
Lambeth
South West
Art
Part of Morley College, exhibitions include painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, ceramics, textiles, installations, digital and sound art

Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising

Notting Hill
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Media
Advertising, packaging and brand memorabilia and artefacts, including domestic products, packaging, posters, toys and games

Museum of Croydon

Croydon
Croydon
South West
Local
Local history, culture, social history

Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture

Enfield
North
Art
19th and 20th century decorative arts for the home including textiles and wallpaper, part of Middlesex University

Museum of Immigration and Diversity

Spitalfields
Tower Hamlets
North East
History
Immigration and diversity in Britain, open on a limited basis

Museum of London

Barbican Estate
City of London
North East
History
City’s history, culture, archaeology

Museum of London Docklands

Isle of Dogs
Tower Hamlets
North East
Maritime
Area maritime, river and local history

Museum of Richmond

Richmond
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Local
Local history, culture

Museum of the Order of St John

Clerkenwell
Islington
North
Religious
History of the Order of St John and its medical care in the community

Museum of Wimbledon

Wimbledon
Merton
South West
Local
Local history, culture

Musical Museum

Brentford
Hounslow
West
Music
Collection of music boxes and automatic instruments

National Army Museum

Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Military
History and artefacts of the British Army

National Gallery

Trafalgar Square
Westminster
North
Art
National collection of Western European painting from the 13th century to 1900

National Maritime Museum

Greenwich
Greenwich
South East
Maritime
History of Britain at sea, includes maritime art, ship models and plans, scientific and navigational instruments, instruments for time-keeping and astronomy. Incorporates Greenwich Observatory and the Queen’s House.

National Portrait Gallery

Trafalgar Square
Westminster
North
Art
Portraits of historically important and famous British people

Natural History Museum

South Kensington
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Natural history
Also includes the Geological Museum, collections focus is botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology.

Nonsuch Mansion

Cheam
Sutton
South West
Historic house

Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret

Southwark
Southwark
South East
Medical
19th century operating theatre, herb garret and museum of surgery

Old Royal Naval College

Greenwich
Greenwich
South East
Historic site

Old Speech Room Gallery and Museum, Harrow School

Harrow
Harrow
West
Art
Egyptian and Greek antiquities, English watercolours, Modern British paintings, sculpture, printed books and natural history

Orleans House Gallery

Twickenham
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Art
Municipal art gallery, also the Stables Gallery

Osterley Park and House

Isleworth
Hounslow
West
Historic house
Operated by the National Trust, late 18th-century palace designed by Robert Adam, ornate interiors, gardens

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

Bloomsbury
Camden
North
Archaeology
Artifacts from Ancient Egypt, part of the University College London

Photographers’ Gallery

Soho
Westminster
North
Art
Photography

Pitzhanger Manor

Ealing
Ealing
West
Historic house
Also known as PM Gallery and House, manor designed by architect John Soane with PM Gallery for contemporary art, tours and information about the house

Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum

South Kensington
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Military
Contributions of the Polish Armed Forces in the West in World War II

Pollock’s Toy Museum

Camden
North
Toy
Toys, games, dolls, puppets, folk toys

Pumphouse Educational Museum

Rotherhithe
Southwark
South East
Local
Includes the Rotherhithe Heritage Museum with local history and culture exhibits, nature and history programs, and the 2.5-acre Lavender Pond Local Nature Reserve

Pushkin House

Bloomsbury
Camden
North
Art
Russian art and culture

Queen Charlotte’s Cottage

Kew
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Historic house
Located within the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 18th century rustic country retreat built for Queen Charlotte

Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge

Chingford
Waltham Forest
North East
Historic house
Tudor hunting lodge

Queen’s Gallery

Westminster
North
Art
Exhibitions of items from the Royal Collection, located at Buckingham Palace

Queen’s House

Greenwich
Greenwich
South East
Art
Marine art gallery of the National Maritime Museum

Ragged School Museum

Tower Hamlets
North East
Education
History of the Victorian-era charity schools

Ranger’s House (Wernher Collection)

Greenwich
Greenwich
South East
Art
Operated by English Heritage, Georgian villa with fine and decorative art collection, including silver and jewels, paintings and porcelain

Red House

Bexleyheath
Bexley
South East
Historic house
Operated by the National Trust, 19th-century house commissioned, created and lived in by William Morris, founder of the Arts and Crafts Movement

Red Mansion Foundation

Portland Place
Westminster
North
Art
Gallery exhibits of contemporary Chinese art

Redbridge Museum

Ilford
Redbridge
North East
Local
Local history, culture, located on the second floor of Ilford Central Library

Riesco Gallery

Croydon
Croydon
South West
Art
Municipal art gallery with a collection of Chinese pottery and ceramics

Riverside Gallery

Richmond
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Art
Municipal art gallery

Rose Theatre Exhibition

Bankside
Southwark
South East
Archaeology
Excavations of an Elizabethan theatre

Royal Academy of Arts

Piccadilly
Westminster
North
Art
Located in Burlington House

Royal Academy of Music Museum

Regent’s Park
Westminster
North
Music
Also known as York Gate Collections, includes musical instruments, archives, manuscripts and images

Royal Air Force Museum London

Colindale
Barnet
North
Aviation
History of aviation and the British Royal Air Force

Royal Armouries, Tower of London

Tower Hill
Tower Hamlets
North East
Military
Arms and armour dating from the Middle Ages onwards

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Kew
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Multiple
Includes Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Marianne North Gallery, exhibits on plants and conservation

Royal College of Music Archives and Museum of Instruments

South Kensington
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Music
Musical instruments and accessories

Royal College of Physicians Museum

Regent’s Park
Camden
North
Medical
Portraits, silver, medical instruments and artefacts

Royal Hospital Chelsea Museum

Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Military
Military artefacts and memorabilia, items related to The Duke of Wellington

Royal Institute of British Architects Collections

Marylebone
Westminster
North
Art
Exhibits of art, drawings, photographs about architecture from its collections

Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum

Whitechapel
Tower Hamlets
North East
Medical
History of the hospital and medical care in the East End

Royal Mews

Westminster
North
Transportation
The Queen’s stables, features State vehicles including horse-drawn carriages and motor cars, and the Gold State Coach

Royal Military School of Music Museum

Twickenham
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Music
Open by appointment, musical instruments, music, documents, prints, manuscripts, paintings and uniforms showing the history of military music

Royal Observatory, Greenwich

Greenwich
Greenwich
South East
Horology
Part of the National Maritime Museum, features astronomical and navigational tools, a planetarium

Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum

Lambeth
Lambeth
South West
Medical
British pharmacy history, medicines and artefacts

St Bartholomew’s Hospital Museum

Smithfield
City of London
North East
Medical
History of the hospital and its work, historic surgical instruments, sculpture, medieval archives, works of art including paintings by William Hogarth

St Paul’s Cathedral

Ludgate Hill
City of London
North East
Religious
Anglican cathedral with religious art, sculpture, architecture, tombs, decorative arts

Saatchi Gallery

Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Art
Contemporary art

Science Museum

South Kensington
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Science
National museum of science and technology, transportation, medicine, steam engines

Shakespeare’s Globe Exhibition

Southwark
Southwark
South East
Theatre
Backstage tours and history of the theatre, costumes, music, theatrical effects, recreation of a 17th-century printing press

Sherlock Holmes Museum

Regent’s Park
Westminster
North
Biographical
Dedicated to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes

Shirley Windmill

Shirley
Croydon
South West
Mill
Restored mid-19th-century tower windmill

Showroom Gallery

Tower Hamlets
North East
Art
Contemporary art

Sir John Soane’s Museum

Holborn
Westminster
North
Art
Fine art, architecture, antiquities, sculpture

Somerset House

Strand
Westminster
North
Art
Arts centre with gallery and Courtauld Gallery

Soseki Museum in London

Clapham
City of London
North East
Historic house
London home of Japanese author Natsume Sōseki

South London Gallery

Camberwell
Southwark
South East
Art
Contemporary art

Southall Railway Centre

Southall
Ealing
West
Transportation
Vintage steam and diesel locomotives and rolling stock

Southside House

Wimbledon
Merton
South West
Historic house
17th century period house

Spencer House

St James’s
Westminster
North
Historic house
18th-century mansion with restored state rooms and garden

Stephens Collection

Finchley
Barnet
North
Biographical
Life of Dr. Henry Stephens, inventor of an indelible blue-black ink, and his son Henry Charles Stephens, their ink company and local history

Strawberry Hill

Twickenham
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Historic house
Gothic villa home of Horace Walpole

Sutton House

Hackney
Hackney
North
Historic house
Operated by the National Trust, 16th century Tudor house

Syon House

Brentford
Hounslow
West
Historic house
Family residence of the Duke of Northumberland, 18th-century house with interior by Robert Adam, collections of paintings and furniture, gardens, park

Tate Britain

Millbank
Westminster
North
Art
National collection of historical and contemporary British art

Tate Modern

Bankside
Southwark
South East
Art
National collection of modern art

Tower Bridge

Tower Hamlets
North East
Technology
Steam engines, workings of the bridge

Tower of London

Tower Hill
Tower Hamlets
North East
Multiple
Historic fortress, prison and former royal residence, includes the Royal Armouries, Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom, regimental museum of the Royal Fusiliers

Twinings Museum

Strand
Westminster
North
Food
History of Twinings, tea caddies and tea history

Twickenham Museum

Twickenham
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Local
Local history

Two Temple Place

Westminster
North
Art
Late Victorian mansion, now an art gallery to showcase publicly owned art from UK regional collections, only open during exhibitions

Type Museum

Brixton
Lambeth
South West
Media
Collection of typesetting equipment and artefacts, currently^[when?] not open to the public

UCL Art Museum

Bloomsbury
Camden
North
Art
Part of the University College London, exhibits in the Strang Print Room (South Cloisters)

UCL Geology Collections

Bloomsbury
Camden
North
Natural history
Part of the University College London, rocks, minerals, fossils on display in the Rock Room, limited opening hours

Upminster Windmill

Upminster
Havering
North East
Mill
19th century windmill, exhibits on its history

Valence House Museum

Dagenham
Barking and Dagenham
North East
Local
Local history, archeology, maritime and fishing industry, art

Valentines Mansion

Ilford
Redbridge
North East
Historic house
Country house with recreated Victorian kitchen and Georgian rooms, contemporary art exhibits, 18th-century gardens

Vestry House Museum

Walthamstow
Waltham Forest
North East
Local
Local history, culture

Victoria and Albert Museum

South Kensington
Kensington and Chelsea
West
Multiple
National collection of applied arts, includes ceramics, glass, textiles, costumes, silver, ironwork, jewellery, furniture, medieval objects, sculpture, prints and printmaking, drawings and photographs, theatre and performing arts, Asian art and decorative arts, architecture

V&A Museum of Childhood

Bethnal Green
Tower Hamlets
North East
Toy
Toys, dolls, children’s playtime and lives

Wallace Collection

Marylebone
Westminster
North
Art
Old masters and decorative arts

Walthamstow Pump House Museum

Walthamstow
Waltham Forest
North East
Transportation
The museum is due to become the Lea Valley Experience, pioneering achievements in road, rail, air and sea transport in the River Lea valley from the early 19th century.

Wandle Industrial Museum

Mitcham
Merton
South West
Industry
Industries along the River Wandle

Wandsworth Museum

Wandsworth
Wandsworth
South West
Local
Local history

Wellcome Collection

Camden
North
Medical
Medical artefacts and original artworks exploring ‘ideas about the connections between medicine, life and art’, exhibits from the collections of the Wellcome Library

Wellington Arch

Hyde Park Corner
Westminster
North
History
Triumphal arch with exhibits about its history

Wesley’s Chapel, Museum of Methodism and John Wesley’s House

Islington
North
Religious
History of Methodism from its founding by John Wesley to the present

West Ham United Museum

Upton Park
Newham
North East
Sports
History and memorabilia of West Ham United

Westminster Abbey Museum

Westminster
Westminster
North
Religious
Royal and other funeral effigies, religious artefacts

Westminster Dragoons Museum

Fulham
Hammersmith and Fulham
West
Military
Regimental artefacts, regalia and memorabilia

White Lodge Museum and Ballet Resource Centre

Richmond
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Ballet
History of the Royal Ballet School, daily life of its students, history and development of Classical ballet, history of White Lodge, visits by appointment

Whitechapel Gallery

Whitechapel
Tower Hamlets
North East
Art
Contemporary art

Whitehall

Cheam
Sutton
South West
Historic house
Tudor house with elements from different eras

Whitewebbs Museum of Transport

Enfield
Enfield
North
Transportation
Cars, trucks, motorcycles, model railway

William Morris Gallery

Walthamstow
Waltham Forest
North East
Art
Arts and Crafts movement furniture, textiles, ceramics and glass

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

Wimbledon
Merton
South West
Sports
History of tennis

Wimbledon Windmill Museum

Wimbledon
Merton
South West
Mill
19th century windmill, exhibits on its history and other windmills

Women’s Library

Tower Hamlets
North East
Library
Part of London Metropolitan University, exhibits on women’s history, culture and issues from its collections

World Rugby Museum

Twickenham
Richmond upon Thames
South West
Sports
Rugby union history and the England national rugby union team, players, memorabilia, history of Twickenham Stadium

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